Olaf’s Frozen Adventure Featurette

Olaf’s Frozen Adventure Featurette

By Erin

* I attended the Olaf’s Frozen Adventure Featurette Press Day for this post*

You are in for a special treat this holiday season when you go to theaters to see Coco! Before the feature film, we head back to Arendelle, unwrapping “Olaf’s Frozen Adventure,” an all-new 21-minute featurette. With four new original songs, the featurette welcomes back to the big screen the characters that audiences fell in love with in 2013’s Oscar®- winning feature “Frozen.” The original cast and characters are back, including Olaf (voice of Josh Gad), who is on a mission to harness the best holiday traditions for Anna (voice of Kristen Bell), Elsa (voice of Idina Menzel) and Kristoff (voice of Jonathan Groff). Directed by Emmy®-winning filmmakers Kevin Deters and Stevie Wermers-Skelton (“Prep & Landing”), produced by Oscar® winner Roy Conli (“Big Hero 6”), with original songs by Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson (“Between the Lines”), “Olaf’s Frozen Adventure” will be in theaters for a limited time beginning November 22.

“The cool thing about the ‘Frozen’ universe is that it’s all about family,” says producer Roy Conli. “We all rallied around the themes of family and holiday traditions—and the fact that our families are made up of more than just our relatives. The idea of welcoming our friends and loved ones into our inner circles really resonated with all of us.” Directed by Stevie Wermers-Skelton and Kevin Deters, the team behind the Emmy®-winning television special “Prep & Landing,” the featurette kicks off about six months after the feature concludes. “Olaf is still brand new to the world,” says Wermers-Skelton. “And Anna and Elsa only recently reunited after being separated for most of their lives. We wondered how they might approach their first holiday together.”

We all have our own family traditions during the holidays, so the theme is really relatable, but Anna and Elsa have never had the chance to create any traditions of their own. This casts a shadow on what they thought would be a huge holiday celebration. Olaf teams up with Sven on a merry mission to comb the kingdom to bring home the best traditions to save this first Christmas for his friends. Traditions are personal though, what one family treasures might seem completely bizarre to another. Olaf being Olaf though just grabs everything he can find. He’ll do anything for his friends to give them all the traditions that he can. It is a very heart-felt story that you won’t want to miss! Perfect to get you in the holiday spirit and ready to see Coco!

A few weeks ago I attended the press day with screening and reception at the Walt Disney Animation Studios for Olaf’s Frozen Adventure where we were able to interview Josh Gad, Directors Stevie Wermers-Skelton & Kevin Deters, and Producer Roy Conli. It was a very heart-warming interview and would have melted your heart.

OLAF’S FROZEN ADVENTURE – Producer Roy Conli, actor Josh Gad and directors Stevie Wermers-Skelton & Kevin Deters answers questions after a screening of “Olaf’s Frozen Adventure” at the newly remodeled Walt Disney Studios Animation building on Tuesday, October 24, 2017 in Burbank, CA. Photo by Marc Flores. ©2017 Disney. All Rights Reserved.

Kate Anderson and Elyssa Samsel surprised us all with a special musical performance of one of the new songs, “That’s right.” It was a very magical moment to hear them sing it live for us.

So much magic in one room that we were all trying to capture. Can you spot me? lol I am the one in the gray Mickey Mouse shirt in the bottom left.

OLAF’S FROZEN ADVENTURE – Songwriters Elyssa Samsel & Kate Anderson perform for pess and their guests at the press day for “Olaf’s Frozen Adventure” at the newly remodeled Walt Disney Studios Animation building on Tuesday, October 24, 2017 in Burbank, CA. Photo by Marc Flores. ©2017 Disney. All Rights Reserved.

There were also tons of magical Frozen treats on hand such as these Olaf Rice Krispies treats!

OLAF’S FROZEN ADVENTURE – Press and their guests take part in activites at the press day for “Olaf’s Frozen Adventure” at the newly remodeled Walt Disney Studios Animation building on Tuesday, October 24, 2017 in Burbank, CA. Photo by Marc Flores. ©2017 Disney. All Rights Reserved.

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Disney’s Frozen: The Songs CD & Giveaway is Here! #DisneyMusic Ends 10/4 #ENMNetwork

Disney’s Frozen: The Songs CD & Giveaway is Here!

By Erin

*Many Thanks to Disney and Entertainment New Media Network for sponsoring this post. I received a copy of the Frozen CD as a member of Entertainment New Media Network for review purposes. All opinions are my own.*

Frozen Elsa Ana

The movie Frozen, that stole America’s heart by storm; with its witty and charming characters as well as its catchy tunes, now has something more for us to love. Today, on September 30th, Walt Disney Records released Frozen: The Songs featuring all 10 songs from the Oscar ®-winning film, a vinyl edition and a Spanish language version Frozen Canciones de Una Aventura Congelada, PLUS the digital score album from composer Christophe Beck. The specially priced Songs CD also includes a fold-out poster and stickers. I was lucky enough to score a copy from Disney in order to bring you these pictures of what you can expect from your copy of the CD and to giveaway 2 copies of this much sought after CD to two lucky readers! If you’ve been around here for awhile, you know I love love LOVE anything Disney! So read-on to see below how to enter for your chance to win one of these!

The Frozen soundtrack has frozen its competition as it is the top-selling album of 2014 and spent 33 consecutive weeks in the top 5 on the Billboard 200 chart, including 13 consecutive weeks at No. 1. It is certified triple Platinum. Wow! That’s not an easy feat!

Now, what about the CD? Take a look! Beautiful artwork, with the characters we have come to know and love from this adorable film, and of course all of our favorite tunes from the hit film.

Frozen CDs

What’s the best thing about the CD? Well, the SONGS of course! They’re witty, catchy and ultimately, utterly predictable.  You can sense each musical number building from a mile away.  This also makes it the perfect soundtrack for Karaoke, and LOOK! Wouldn’t you know it! They now have an App for that too! Frozen Karaoke! They really have thought of everything haven’t they?

Then you have Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel. Those girls can sing! They are amazing with their sweet, angelic voices. I really hope when Frozen hits broadway, that these two get to reprise their respective roles in the theatrical version of Frozen. I’d be first in line to buy tickets for that! Elsa and Ana stole my heart on the big screen, I know they’d do the same on stage!

As a nice little surprise, Disney threw in these cute Frozen stickers with some of the song names on it. You will find these right inside the CD when you open it.

Frozen Let It Go

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